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  • October

    Dr. Jack Davis retired from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) on August 31, 2022, after 42 years of service.

    Davis leaves mark on ERDC after 42 years

    Worker retention is a problem facing many enterprises across the country. In fact, a recent study released by Gallup showed that millennials — those between the ages of 25 and 34 — expect to change jobs about every three years. Working for a single company for the life of a person’s career seems to be a thing of the past.

  • September

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District’s Brandon Meinert receives his diploma for completing the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's ERDC University, Sept. 15, 2022.

    USACE Kansas City District’s Meinert continues ERDC University Project

    Brandon Meinert, an advanced modeling manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District, was recognized Sept. 15 as a graduate of U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program, known as ERDC University (ERDC-U).
  • Dr. George Stubblefield, research mechanical engineer, received SMART SEED Program funds to further his research.

    ERDC research engineer awarded SEED grant

    A researcher from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) has been awarded funds through the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholar Seed Grant (SEED) Program.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District coastal engineer Spencer Harper, right, and his mentor, Dr. Gaurav Savant, a research hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), discuss wave generated bed shear stress in the San Francisco Bay while working on Harper’s project as a participant in the ERDC’s detail program, ERDC University.

    San Francisco District’s Harper continues ERDC University project

    Spencer Harper, a coastal engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District, reached the halfway mark in his research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program known as ERDC University, or ERDC-U.

  • August

    Jeb Tingle receives the Resilient Roads Roundtable’s 2022 Top Innovator and Influencer award.

    Tingle Selected as Top Innovator and Influencer for 2022

    The Resilient Roads Roundtable selected Jeb S. Tingle, senior scientific technical manager, in the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory as a Top Innovator and Influencer for 2022.
  • Officer Candidate School graduation

    ERDC employee inspires team members

    On August 7, 2022, Lavell Brown Jr., an employee of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Mississippi Army National Guard and the National Guard of the United States after completing Officer Candidate School (OCS).
  • Warren Kadoya, a research physical scientist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, takes a sample of an anaerobic incubation of insensitive munitions compounds and sludge from a wastewater treatment plant to test for biological transformation at the University of Arizona’s Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    A SMART scholar

    In 2016, Warren Kadoya was finishing up his master’s at the University of Arizona in Tucson — looking for a job and aspiring to continue his education by pursing a doctorate in environmental engineering ― when his advisors encouraged him to apply to the Department of Defense’s (DoD) SMART Scholarship program. Kadoya was selected for the program by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, and the experience enabled him to continue his education while simultaneously working in his field of study.
  • Lt. Col. Rico Vargas, then a 23-year-old artillery officer, takes part in a patrol during one of his two deployments to Iraq. During Vargas’ first deployment to Iraq in 2006, he was injured when the Stryker he was riding in struck a buried improvised explosive device.

    Forged Under Fire: Near-death experience galvanizes leadership principles for ERDC’s Vargas

    During Lt. Col. Rico Vargas’ first deployment to Iraq in 2006, he was injured when the Stryker he was riding in struck a buried improvised explosive device.
  • Field setup of a Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) survey

    USACE St. Louis District’s Glover continues ERDC University Project

    Matthew Glover, a geophysicist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Louis District, has completed the half-way mark of his research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program, known as ERDC University (ERDC-U).

  • July

    Dr. Jennifer Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District supervisory environmental engineer, visited a sediment placement site used by the district for placing navigational dredging material for shoreline stabilization and other eco-restoration sites nearby.

    Chicago District’s Miller continues ERDC University project

    Dr. Jennifer Miller, a supervisory environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, reached the half-way mark in her research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program known as ERDC University, or ERDC-U.
  • Dr. Igor Linkov receives Edgeworth-Pareto Award.

    ERDC researcher honored with prestigious award

    Dr. Igor Linkov, senior scientific technical manager for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory, was recently honored with the Edgeworth-Pareto Award by the International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM).
  • Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith, far left, and fellow team members from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineer Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Environmental Laboratory in Vicksburg, Mississippi, look at results from their water sustainment experiment. The team will be honored during a plaque presentation ceremony later this year for their work on multi-spectral photocatalytic compounds.

    ERDC researcher earns patent for high performance photocatalytic material

    Dr. Emily Asenath-Smith's determination to develop low energy solutions to remediate water led her to develop U.S. Patent No. 11,298,689, awarded April 12, 2022, for “Multi-spectral photocatalytic compounds.”

  • June

    Dr. Nathan Beane, research forester, and Mr. Gabe Powell, geospatial scientist, of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)-Environmental Laboratory hosted United States Military Academy (USMA) cadet Jordan Tucker from May 24 through June 9.

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory hosts U.S. Military Academy cadet

    Dr. Nathan Beane, research forester, and Mr. Gabe Powell, geospatial scientist, of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)-Environmental Laboratory hosted United States Military Academy (USMA) cadet Jordan Tucker from May 24 through June 9.

  • May

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has chosen Dr. Jerrell “Jerry” Ballard Jr. as the new director of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). With 33 years of experience at the ERDC, Ballard will be leading the HPCMP, which leverages emerging state-of-the-art technologies, to support Department of Defense services and agencies to meet their mission-critical objectives.

    New director selected for ERDC High Performance Computing Modernization Program

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has chosen Dr. Jerrell “Jerry” Ballard Jr. as the new director of the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). With 33 years of experience at the ERDC, Ballard will lead the HPCMP, which leverages emerging state-of-the-art technologies, to support Department of Defense (DOD) services and agencies to meet their mission-critical objectives.
  • Chief Warrant Officer 5 Corey Hill shakes hands with a fellow Army officer at his retirement ceremony.

    Honoring over 35 years of service

    On Friday, May 6, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Corey Hill was honored with a retirement ceremony at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineer Research Laboratory (CERL). Friends, family and co-workers were in attendance to celebrate his 35 years of military service.

  • Cold Regions Laboratory opens new avenues of communication

    A CRREL team seeking to optimize internal communications developed a new program they're calling the "CRREL Exchange." The long-term vision for the CRREL Exchange is a well-connected workforce that has immediate access to the information they need to solve the problems impacting our warfighters, ultimately allowing CRREL to better fulfill its mission.
  • The machine shop is a one-stop-shop for ERDC researchers, scientists and engineers who need a unique part designed and fabricated by Donnelly and that cannot be bought off the shelf.

    Making it up with CRREL's machine shop

    Whether you’re a hobbyist at home or a researcher at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), not having one special piece to finish a project and that isn’t readily available is universal. The engineers, researchers, and scientists at CRREL need only ask Chris Donnelly, a CRREL engineering technician and machine shop manager, to make them the part they require.
  • Dr. David Pittman, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and director of research and development (R&D) and chief scientist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), addresses participants at the ERDC’s Research and Development 2022 (RD22) workshop in Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 26, 2022.

    RD22 workshop addresses R&D challenges, emphasizes strategic collaboration

    Scientists and engineers from across the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) participated in the organization’s Research and Development 2022 (RD22) workshop and symposium, April 26-28. The event was held at the Vicksburg, Mississippi, main campus and was broadcast virtually over eight time zones with more than 600 attendees.

  • April

    CHL's Keith Flowers is sworn in as president of the Vicksburg-Warren County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors

    ERDC’s Flowers passionate about community involvement

    Keith Flowers, the deputy director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), is passionate about getting involved in the community he calls home.
  • Dr. Andrew Nelson, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), gives Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, an overview of CERL's research projects.

    Construction Engineering Research Laboratory welcomes USACE commanding general for meeting and facility tour

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently welcomed Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, for a meeting at CERL’s facilities in Champaign, Ill.